The book In Country is about a girl in her late teens, her name is Samantha . The Vietnam war has just ended. She lives in Hopewell, North Carolina in the year 1984. Hopewell is a small town with very little to do. She lives with her cousin Emmet who is a vietnam war veteran. Her father Dewayne died during the war. Her mother is Irene who lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband and new born baby. Sam is not very close to her mother because she thinks she remarried a loser.Throughout this book Sam is wanting to know what Vietnam is like. Her cousin Emmet did not give her the information she wanted to know. Sam was interested in knowing what the scenerary, animals and weather was like. She also has to deal with her friend Dawn being pregnant. Another conflict is her liking a older man Tom. The problem with this is she already has a boyfriend.
Sam wants to know what the vietnam war was like. She did not find this out until the end of the book, when she found letters from her father to her mother. In these letters she learned that the Vietnam was a very bad place to be around during the war. She finally learned what the animals, scenary, and people were like in Vietnam.Another conflict that was solved was Sam's friend Dawn having a baby. This worried Sam because she did not her friend having a kid and being stuck in Hopeweel the rest of her life. This was solved when Dawn's boyfriend Kevin took the news very well and told her he wanted to marry her and move to Florida. This resulted in Sam feeling alot better since she knew her friend would have a good life.
Sam's conflict with Emmet not wanting to ever leave Hopewell also was resolved. She finally talked Emmet into going to Washington D.C to visit the Vietnam memorial wall. Sam was very excited when Emmet decided to go because she had worried about him being stuck in Hopewell for the rest of his life. Sam did not want to see him waste his life away and dwell on the war.
This book has alot to do with America. It is about the time period were America went through a very tough time. We lost thousands of soldiers and the soldiers that lived had a rough time ahead of them. They had to deal with diseases and missing arms and legs die to booby traps. Sam's cousin had to deal with all of his memories of seeing his buddies being blown up right in front of him.
The book In Country is about a girl in her late teens, her name is Samantha . The Vietnam war has just ended. She lives in Hopewell, North Carolina in the year 1984. Hopewell is a small town with very little to do. She lives with her cousin Emmet who is a vietnam war veteran. Her father Dewayne died during the war. Her mother is Irene who lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband and new born baby. Sam is not very close to her mother because she thinks she remarried a loser.Throughout this book Sam is wanting to know what Vietnam is like. Her cousin Emmet did not give her the information she wanted to know. Sam was interested in knowing what the scenerary, animals and weather was like. She also has to deal with her friend Dawn being pregnant. Another conflict is her liking a older man Tom. The problem with this is she already has a boyfriend.
Sam wants to know what the vietnam war was like. She did not find this out until the end of the book, when she found letters from her father to her mother. In these letters she learned that the Vietnam was a very bad place to be around during the war. She finally learned what the animals, scenary, and people were like in Vietnam.Another conflict that was solved was Sam's friend Dawn having a baby. This worried Sam because she did not her friend having a kid and being stuck in Hopeweel the rest of her life. This was solved when Dawn's boyfriend Kevin took the news very well and told her he wanted to marry her and move to Florida. This resulted in Sam feeling alot better since she knew her friend would have a good life.
Sam's conflict with Emmet not wanting to ever leave Hopewell also was resolved. She finally talked Emmet into going to Washington D.C to visit the Vietnam memorial wall. Sam was very excited when Emmet decided to go because she had worried about him being stuck in Hopewell for the rest of his life. Sam did not want to see him waste his life away and dwell on the war.
This book has alot to do with America. It is about the time period were America went through a very tough time. We lost thousands of soldiers and the soldiers that lived had a rough time ahead of them. They had to deal with diseases and missing arms and legs die to booby traps. Sam's cousin had to deal with all of his memories of seeing his buddies being blown up right in front of him.